COACHING 101

What can movement and energetic awareness teach us about living with greater purpose? Fran Bailey, founder of The SHEVA Method, joins Coaching 101 on the Universal Podcast Network to explore her approach to connecting mind, body, heart, and soul. Drawing on her background in dance and energy healing, Fran discusses SHEVA—Seeking Harmony in Energy, Voice, and Action—and the experiences that shaped her work. This conversation explores conscious living, meditation, the Enneagram, and the themes of self-discovery in her book, EMERGENCE: Reveal Your Essence. For listeners feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or disconnected, this episode offers an introduction to Fran’s philosophy and pr...

What can three decades behind the bench teach you about leadership, patience, and helping young people find their confidence? On Coaching 101, Daniel Lucas speaks with Barry Biegler, who coached youth hockey for more than 30 years while also building a career in business. Barry reflects on what kept him returning to the rink, how his coaching philosophy changed over time, and what youth sports can offer children beyond competition. The conversation explores discipline and encouragement, handling mistakes, responding to pressure from parents, and supporting players with different abilities and ambitions. Drawing on his experience in both business and coaching, Barry considers...

AI can create new opportunities for businesses, but technology alone cannot deliver lasting results. On Coaching 101, Brian Beck—AI, cybersecurity, and business strategy leader and host of ProxyPOD—discusses the leadership decisions that shape successful technology adoption. Brian explores why AI projects can lose momentum, how leaders can tell the difference between meaningful implementation and experimentation, and why cybersecurity belongs in executive conversations. He also shares perspectives on aligning people, processes, and technology, building adoption into digital transformation, and helping mid-sized organizations pursue growth while managing risk. The conversation considers how to communicate complex technology clearly, cut through industry hype, and...

Why can two people experience the same conversation so differently? On Coaching 101, Daniel Lucas welcomes Sheila Glazov, author, personality expert, professional speaker, educator, and coach, to discuss how recognizing different communication preferences may help people understand one another. Sheila introduces the Brain Color framework from her book What Color Is Your Brain? and the idea of each person as a “BrainBow,” a way to consider personality as a spectrum rather than a single label. She shares how this approach can prompt reflection on what makes us tick and how our preferences may affect the way we communicate, work with others, and...

From the outside, life may look successful: a demanding career, a full schedule, responsibilities handled, and the appearance of having everything under control. Yet inside, some people feel depleted, disconnected, or unable to remember the last time they truly relaxed. In this episode of Coaching 101, Daniel Lucas speaks with Liz Coleman, a certified transformational life coach with a degree in psychology who works with women experiencing overthinking and the pressure of always being “on.” Liz shares her perspective on why conventional answers—such as reorganizing a calendar or setting better boundaries—may not address every source of dissatisfaction. The conversation explores...

How can leaders rebuild trust and restore performance after major layoffs? On Leadership 101, organization development consultant and author Kevin J. Lewis discusses how organizations can support employees who remain after substantial workforce reductions. Drawing on more than 30 years of consulting experience, he shares practical perspectives on communicating with respect, rethinking responsibilities, redesigning workflows, and helping teams regain focus without adding to burnout.

Kevin also introduces his book, Teams, Tools, and Trials, which captures lessons from his work in executive coaching, leadership development, and large scale organizational change. The conversation explores what leaders should consider after a restructuring...

Unfinished promises, avoided conversations, unspoken resentment, and boundaries left unset can quietly weigh on your time, energy, and peace. On Coaching 101, human dynamics specialist and author Robin Quinn Keehn explores how to recognize these “open loops” and take practical steps toward resolving them. Robin shares insights on difficult conversations, people pleasing, self trust, and the difference between hearing a promise and recognizing a pattern. The discussion looks at what it means to close a loop, how to set a clear boundary without building a wall, and how to stay calm when a conversation becomes tense. Robin also discusses her book Stop...

Diane Van Buren Visionary Leadership Coach • WSJ Bestselling Author • Former Architect Designing a Life as Meaningful as Your Success Today's guest is Diane Van Buren, visionary leadership coach, Wall Street Journal number 1 bestselling author, founder of Thriving Visionaries, and award-winning architectural designer. After an international career designing buildings and spaces, Diane discovered something unexpected: many successful leaders spend years building remarkable careers while quietly losing touch with the vision that inspired them in the first place. Today, Diane helps entrepreneurs, executives, and organizations reconnect with purpose, embrace meaningful redirection, and intentionally design lives and businesses that thrive from the inside out...

How can aspiring entrepreneurs use AI to move from an idea to a real business? On Coaching 101, Sirmitchell Sorrells, founder of Unreplaceable Advantage, shares his approach: AI is the tool, while your own expertise is the advantage. Drawing on more than a decade of enterprise technology experience, including leadership roles at Dell, NVIDIA, and Accenture, he discusses how people can use AI to build businesses faster and more thoughtfully. Find more episodes at Universal Podcast Network. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

How can someone begin rebuilding after trauma and hardship? On Coaching 101, author, motivational speaker, life coach, and transformation strategist Darius Ross shares how his experience of homelessness after a devastating fire in Chicago shaped his work helping others move forward. He discusses the TPS Blueprint, emotional stability, leadership, financial legacy, and turning painful experiences into purpose. The conversation also explores lessons from his books, including Mastering the TPS Blueprint: Transforming Trauma Into Triumph, Leadership DNA, and PPP: Prepare, Participate, and Profit. Listen for a thoughtful discussion about resilience, personal growth, and the first steps toward change. Explore Darius Ross’s bo...

Coaching 101 | Anat Peri: Why We Repeat the Same Patterns — Inner Child Healing, Emotional Awareness & Breaking the Cycle What if understanding your past is not enough to change your future? What if you know exactly why you react the way you do, recognize the emotional patterns that keep holding you back, and understand where those patterns began, yet still find yourself repeating the same behaviors? Why do intelligent, self-aware, successful individuals continue struggling with emotional reactions, relationship difficulties, self-sabotage, and deeply rooted habits they desperately want to change? And what if the missing piece is not more information about yourself, but le...

Coaching 101 | Noel Sobelman: From Strategy to Execution — Building Innovation Systems That Drive Business Growth

Why do some leadership teams develop extraordinary strategies but struggle to execute them? And what does it take to transform innovation from an occasional breakthrough into a repeatable system for sustainable growth?

Coaching 101, presented by Universal Podcast Network, welcomes Noel Sobelman, senior business advisor, innovation strategist, leadership consultant, author, and experienced advisor to CEOs, corporate boards, and executive teams.

With more th...

Coaching 101 Chris McCarthy: Loss Built This Finding Identity, Purpose & Hope After Life Falls Apart What happens when everything you believed defined your life suddenly disappears? When personal loss, broken relationships, and unexpected setbacks leave you questioning who you are and where you go next? Can the experiences that nearly destroy us become the foundation for rebuilding a stronger, more meaningful life? Book 101 Review, hosted by Daniel Lucas and presented by Universal Podcast Network, welcomes Chris McCarthy, entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and author of Loss Built This: Finding Identity, Purpose, and Hope After Life Falls Apart. Through his personal experiences with profound...

Coaching 101 | Tony Edwards: Fighting for Justice, Leading with Integrity & Building a Legacy of Service What does it take to stand up for ordinary people against powerful corporations, insurance companies, and institutions? And how can a lifetime of fighting for justice become a powerful lesson in leadership, resilience, and service? Coaching 101, presented by Universal Podcast Network, welcomes Tony Edwards, an experienced Oklahoma personal injury attorney and founder of Edwards & Patterson Personal Injury Law Firm, for an inspiring conversation about justice, professional integrity, leadership, community service, and the responsibility of standing up for others. With more than four decades of legal experience...

Lisa Petr: The Future of AI Visibility How to Make Your Business Discoverable, Trusted & Recommended by AI What if your next customer never searches Google, never clicks on an advertisement, and never visits a business directory—but instead asks artificial intelligence to recommend a business just like yours? Universal Podcast Network welcomes Lisa Petr, AI VisAbility Coach, entrepreneur, and advocate for AI-powered business discoverability, for a compelling conversation about the changing landscape of digital marketing, artificial intelligence, and online business visibility. As more consumers turn to AI-powered platforms such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Claude to research products, discover services, and ev...

Siobhan Ewert Dr. Siobhán Ewert | Mapping the Hidden Structure Behind Money, Decisions, and Business Execution. Dr. Siobhán Ewert is a physician-scientist and the creator of Money & Business Mapping. Her work explores two questions: Why can intelligent, capable people work incredibly hard without seeing results that match their effort? And why can people achieve what they were working toward and still feel no real relief or sense of arrival? Through mapping money patterns, decisions, and business execution, she kept seeing the same thing: From inside the pattern, the effort is real. What remains invisible is where a hidden internal co...

Roger Magalhaes Immigrant Entrepreneur Sharing Hard-Earned Business Lessons. Roger Magalhaes knows what it means to build a life and business without a ready-made roadmap. Born in São Paulo, Brazil, he moved to the United States in 2000 and went on to build successful businesses by learning to take chances, listen closely, tell honest stories, and earn trust one relationship at a time. In his book, Nobody Told Me That, Roger brings together two decades of real-life moments, mistakes, unexpected opportunities, and hard-earned lessons about entrepreneurship, immigration, communication, and finding your way when you don't have all the answers. Warm, candid, a...

Dr. Len Lopez Your Habits and Attitude are like your DNA...it tells your story! For over 25 years Dr. Len has been helping people EAT Right and TRAIN Smart. Over the years, he saw people tracking what they were doing for their "Physical" body... and often thought what about Mind and Spirit? As a result, he created "5 S.T.E.P.S. a Day" a unique tool that helps you track how you feed Body, Mind, and Spirit. It's NOT Rocket Science... It's Feedback and Accountability. Are you doing the things that will move you out of that 'Vicious' cycle...

Reid Rasner CEO & Founder | Omnivest Financial Today’s guest is Reid Rasner, an entrepreneur, investor, and CEO of Omnivest Financial. After building and successfully exiting a multimillion-dollar enterprise before the age of 25, Reid founded Omnivest to break down the institutional gatekeeping of Wall Street and bring elite financial intelligence directly to founders and private investors. A published member of the Forbes Business Council and a former candidate for the U.S. Senate, Reid operates at the direct intersection of high-stakes capital, macroeconomic policy, and American sovereignty. He captured international attention after spearheading a massive $47.45 billion bid to acquire TikTok’s U.S...

Clayton Johnson Storyteller - Designated Hitter Clayton has been on over 2500 stages all over the world, with diverse audiences up to 10,000 people. But the best part is that he can weave his information and training into compelling, engaging, and moving stories. He nearly always has a smile on his face because he can find joy, fun, and gratitude in even the most difficult situations. He's unfailingly positive and exudes that energy wherever he goes, and on whatever stage he's on. Clayton R. Johnson helps people perform at their best when the pressure is on. After years of observing a simple...

Yoli Chisholm Editor-in-chief - Borderlessself.com The #1 place for real immigration and emigration stories, news and resources for mid-career professionals who want to move to another country. Yoli Chisholm is an award winning professional with 20+ years executive level experience in the corporate world working for companies like Microsoft, eBay, Sprinklr, Lavalife, Deriv and others globally in Canada, United States, UAE, South Africa and Mexico. The editor-in-chief of Borderlessself.com where she curates conversations about relocating to other countries to advance your career and achieve financial independence. She is the author of Crushing Corporate a book about Intrapreneurship and navigating the...

Eva Aimable-Kolosko Global Leader & Author Passionate about Cultural Intelligence and Leadership across Cultures. As a child, I wanted nothing more than to stay in one country and to go to the same school. My dad's job had other plans. We moved across countries, and I resented it. Years later, I realized those moves had given me something I couldn't have learned any other way. They taught me how to enter unfamiliar places, listen before judging, and lead people whose experiences differ from my own. I still get things wrong. I am still growing and that's a journey that is unending...

Anat Peri Anat Peri is an Inner Child Expert, TEDx speaker, and founder of Training Camp for the Soul. For years she looked like she had it together, a decade in finance, sales, and startups, while quietly feeling lost and disconnected from herself. She was doing the healing work too, understanding her patterns and where they came from, and still not changing. That gap is what led her into the work that became her life. Most of her work comes back to one question. Why can we understand our patterns, know exactly where they came from, and still keep repeating...

Kerisma Vere Holistic Wellness Coach & Author Focused on Healing, Recovery, and Quality of Life. I’m a holistic wellness coach and author whose work is grounded in lived experience, professional training, and years of supporting others through change. My background includes navigating trauma, mental health challenges such as anxiety, depression, and PTSD, addiction, and significant life adversity. Those experiences deeply shaped both my perspective and my approach. My books and coaching grew out of what I learned the hard way: what does and does not actually support healing, regulation, and sustainable growth. I know what it’s like to have litt...

Chizabam Umesi What We Carry Chizabam learned early that survival can leave a person carrying things long after the moment is over. He was four years old the first time he learned his mother was dying. At eighteen, he buried her after spending his first semester of college as her son and caretaker at the same time. By nineteen, he was starting over in Dallas with no real roadmap, carrying things he didn't yet have words for. Music became where he put them. An Atlanta-born artist, producer, and storyteller, Chizabam was raised between a Nigerian father's discipline and a Louisiana...

David Lengyel David Lengyel | Leadership, Communication & Team Performance Expert | Founder, Venture Up.Why Teams Succeed, Fail, and What Leaders Can Do About It.Building High-Performance Teams for 40+ Years What can a Fortune 500 company, a military unit, a healthcare organization, and a small business all learn from a simple team challenge? Today's guest, David Lengyel, has spent more than 40 years helping organizations answer that question. As founder of Venture Up, he has worked with over 500,000 participants and thousands of teams, studying what causes teams to succeed, struggle, communicate, innovate, and trust one another. Today we'll be talking about leadership, communication, workplace...

Marcia Ruben The Untangle Doctor Dr. Marcia Ruben is an executive coach, organizational consultant, and graduate leadership professor emerita with more than three decades of experience helping leaders cut through complexity and lead with clarity. She's the author of The Neuroscience of Leadership: Rewire. Untangle. Lead., which translates brain science into practical tools leaders can actually use — so they can stop reacting and start leading with intention. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Anthony Guastella Health coach I have overcome many health challenges. All of them have put me in position to help other people do the same. Eventually I became a certified health coach through the Institute of Transformational Nutrition. I have a strong desire to help because I know what it’s like to not feel well, and do what you want. The content I talk about will equip you with the tools to live a life full of health, freedom, and happiness. Complex health topics are broken down into simple ways to understand. No wellness topic is off limits, whether it...

Jason Ciofalo Jason Zuk, The Social Psychic, Attorney, Psychic Medium, & Podcaster Jason is an Attorney licensed to Practice Law in FL, TX, MS, AL, & NJ. He earned his Bachelor or Arts from the University of Tampa, his Juris Doctorate from Nova Southeastern University, and an LL.M. (Masters of Law) in International & Comparative Law from Georgetown University. Jason is also a Psychic Medium and he has been providing accurate intuitive advice and guidance within many different social contexts since August 2004. In January 2017, Zuk decided to offer intuitive guidance professionally so that he can further provide clients with a chance to...

Cynthia Coy From Overwhelm to Overflow: C-Suite Coaching for Women Who Lead on Purpose. Dr. Cynthia Coy is the Founder and CEO of Uncaged Solutions, a leadership development and executive coaching firm helping high-achieving women move from overwhelm to overflow. A retired Air Force officer and certified John Maxwell Coach, she equips C-suite leaders with mindset and communication strategies to lead with clarity, confidence, and purpose. Through her F.R.E.S.H. framework, she empowers women to lead authentically—without losing themselves in the process. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about ou...

Jason Ciofalo Jason Zuk, The Social Psychic, Attorney, Psychic Medium, & Podcaster. Jason is an Attorney licensed to Practice Law in FL, TX, MS, AL, & NJ. He earned his Bachelor or Arts from the University of Tampa, his Juris Doctorate from Nova Southeastern University, and an LL.M. (Masters of Law) in International & Comparative Law from Georgetown University. Jason is also a Psychic Medium and he has been providing accurate intuitive advice and guidance within many different social contexts since August 2004. In January 2017, Zuk decided to offer intuitive guidance professionally so that he can further provide clients with a chance to...

Dan Price Founder of BionicVO | 35-Year Audio Advertising Veteran | 1,000+ Awards. For 35 years, Dan Price has been one of the most awarded audio advertising producers in the industry — with over 1,000 awards including Cannes Lions, Clios, and Radio Mercury Awards. He's created campaigns for some of the biggest brands in the world: Google, IBM, Ford, Chevrolet, AT&T, NBC, Staples, and many more. But Dan saw a problem. As AI voice technology exploded, the quality gap became impossible to ignore — robotic, lifeless audio was flooding the market, and real voice actors were being left behind. So he built BionicVO, an AI-powered voice plat...

Andrew Legrand Fractional General Counsel. Andrew Legrand is the founder of Spera Law Group, a fractional general counsel law firm that helps entrepreneurs proactively avoid stupid legal mistakes and protect what they're building by leveraging systems, automation, and artificial intelligence. The firm charges based on value, not time spent, and is one of the country's leading subscription-based law firms. Andrew has been recognized as a Super Lawyers Rising Star for 10 straight years (2015-24), and has been featured in Forbes, local media, the ABA Journal, and other publications. He has presented at the ABA TECHSHOW, ClioCloud9 Conference, and many other local...

Bradley Koch Your business is like an airplane. It's only purpose is to take you from A to B. I'm going to teach you how to build and fly your business. My name is Brad Koch (Cook). We start a business to gain control. Control over our time and money. I help small business owners regain that control. I've learned a lot over my 32 year career in business. Combined with my time in the Marine Corps, Business School, and a bunch of setbacks and wins along the way, I've come to love helping other people get their business going the...

Jon Symes SPEAKER | CREATOR OF NARRATIVE LEADERSHIP | TRUTH-TELLER I'm the creator of Narrative Leadership — a body of work built on one idea: most people are trying to fix behaviour, when the real lever is the story underneath it. Once someone can see the story they're inside, they're no longer trapped by it. For over 20 years I've worked with leaders, men in midlife, and people in transition to uncover the invisible narratives shaping how they think, lead, relate and live — the stories about success, masculinity, identity and control that quietly drive performance, and quietly create disconnection. This is the work I call...

Damon Wells Army officer with 30 years leadership and command experience, author of six books, and creator of the Athlete-Arena model My guest today is Damon Wells, a colonel in the U.S. Army with 32 years of service. His job right now is coaching corps and theater-level commands, simulating over 100,000 military personnel per exercise, through the largest and most complex multinational exercises the military runs. He works directly with a few commanding generals at a time. Before his current job, he commanded a 2,000-person artillery organization at Fort Carson, and before that a field artillery battalion. He has written six books...

Mark Burnett Tested natural supplement for Parkinson’s Alzheimer’s and Dementia. Japanese led to the discovery of a natural cure. My American ingenuity invented the way to make it pure & My Brain Restore was born. Tested natural supplement for Parkinson’s Alzheimer’s and Dementia. Japanese led to the discovery of a natural cure. My American ingenuity invented the way to make it pure & My Brain Restore was born Mark Burnett is the president of APDI, which stands for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Dementia Impaired. He learned about all these neurological conditions being cured through experiments at a Japanese uni...

Gaylen Wilson Heart transplant survivor paying that blessing forward by helping couples rebuild emotional safety, Intimacy, and connection before the relationship collapses. Today’s guest is Gaylen Wilson, a heart transplant survivor, 20-years-sober former alcoholic, relationship author, erectile dysfunction advocate, Certified Thriving Relationship Coach, and founder of The Monument Method Institute with his wife Heather. Gaylen’s life has not been one comeback. It has been a series of forced reinventions. After farm failure, a collapsed stockbroker career, alcoholism, sobriety, career disruption after 9/11, rebuilding as a computer repairman, and later becoming a successful field-service technician, Gaylen faced the largest crisis of h...

John Geyston Keynote Speaker, Author, Podcast Host John Geyston also known as Hanshi John, is a martial artist bursting with enthusiasm and passion. Throughout his 42 years of teaching martial arts and coaching he has always strived for excellence and been dedicated to helping others learn and grow in the same way he has. He stands out as an accomplished martial artist who is passionate about passing on his vast knowledge and skillset to generations of students. He consistently seeks out opportunities to make meaningful change in the lives of others. In addition he just released his book Embrace Your Awesome...

Judith Germain The Mindful Maverick. Judith Germain is a multi award winning leadership consultant, trainer, and keynote speaker helping senior leaders and business owners cut through complexity and lead with real influence. She’s the creator of Maverick Leadership – a philosophy that helps wilfully independent thinkers lead with clarity, courage, and strategic impact. She is also the creator of the Human Leadership System, a framework that helps leaders understand why capable people and teams can struggle under pressure, and how leadership effectiveness can be restored when systems become distorted. Judith is also the author of The Maverick Paradox: The Secret Powe...